Against a Crooked Sky
Encyclopedia
Against a Crooked Sky is a 1975 American Western film
directed by Earl Bellamy
and starring Richard Boone
, Stewart Petersen, and Henry Wilcoxon
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Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
directed by Earl Bellamy
Earl Bellamy
Earl Arthur Bellamy was an American film and television director, producer, writer, and set decorator.-Biography:...
and starring Richard Boone
Richard Boone
Richard Allen Boone was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns and for starring in the TV series Have Gun – Will Travel.-Early life:...
, Stewart Petersen, and Henry Wilcoxon
Henry Wilcoxon
Henry Wilcoxon was an actor born in Roseau, Dominica, British West Indies, and best known as a leading man in many of Cecil B. DeMille's films, also serving as DeMille's associate producer on his later films....
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Plot summary
A young pioneer who sets out to rescue his sister, who has been kidnapped by a mysterious IndianIndigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
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Cast
- Richard BooneRichard BooneRichard Allen Boone was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns and for starring in the TV series Have Gun – Will Travel.-Early life:...
as Russian - Stewart Petersen as Sam Sutter
- Henry WilcoxonHenry WilcoxonHenry Wilcoxon was an actor born in Roseau, Dominica, British West Indies, and best known as a leading man in many of Cecil B. DeMille's films, also serving as DeMille's associate producer on his later films....
as Cut Tongue / Narrator - Clint RitchieClint RitchieClinton Charles Augustus Ritchie was an American actor.-Early life:Ritchie was born on a farm in Grafton, North Dakota to J. C. and Charlotte Ritchie, and his family moved to Washington state when he was seven...
as John Sutter - Shannon FarnonShannon FarnonShannon Farnon is an American actress and voice actress. She is best known as being the first actress to voice Wonder Woman in a Hanna-Barbera production....
as Molly Sutter - Jewel Blanch as Charlotte Sutter
- Brenda VenusBrenda VenusBrenda Venus is an actress, author, ballet dancer, director, and producer. In her early 20s, Brenda Venus met the famed Henry Miller in June 1976. He became her mentor and she his muse. Over 4,000 pages of letters were written by Henry Miller which were later collected into the book, "Dear, Dear...
as Ashkea - Geoffrey Land as Temkai
- Gordon Hanson as Chief Shumeki
- Vince St. Cyr as Cheyenne Chief Shokobob
- Margaret Willey as Old Hag
- Norman Walke as Milt Adams
- George DaleGeorge DaleGeorge Dale was the lover and criminal partner of Eleanor Jarman, dubbed by the press "The Blonde Tigress", and was executed by the state of Illinois for the murder of Chicago clothier Gustav Hoeh....
as Bob - Bar Killer as B'ar Killer
Soundtrack
- Jewel Blanch - "Against a Crooked Sky" (Music by Lex de AzevedoLex de AzevedoAlexis "Lex" de Azevedo is an American Mormon composer, song writer, pianist and singer known primarily for his film scores and his work on the LDS musical Saturday's Warrior.-Biography:...
, lyrics by Mac David)